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Fortune House
Four generations of the Haldanes are gathering for a family celebration. It ought to be the perfect reunion, but behind the doors of Fortune House, their beloved family home, life is not as idyllic as it seems.
Caroline and David???s marriage, scarred by a tragic loss many years before, is back in the spotlight as David???s retirement is thrust upon them. Meanwhile, their three daughters, Fiona, Deborah and Vonnie, have brought with them not just husbands and children, but crises and conflicts of their own.
As the holiday unfolds, it starts to become clear that the ties that bind the Haldanes together are in danger of unravelling entirely.
A moving and compelling portrayal of a modern family with all the warmth, pain, humour, anger and love that come with being related.
Caroline and David???s marriage, scarred by a tragic loss many years before, is back in the spotlight as David???s retirement is thrust upon them. Meanwhile, their three daughters, Fiona, Deborah and Vonnie, have brought with them not just husbands and children, but crises and conflicts of their own.
As the holiday unfolds, it starts to become clear that the ties that bind the Haldanes together are in danger of unravelling entirely.
A moving and compelling portrayal of a modern family with all the warmth, pain, humour, anger and love that come with being related.
439 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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June 5, 2019
Beautiful and poignant.
May 2, 2018
Enjoyable, and one can envisage the characters in the family. However, it did get drawn out, and the ending most strange, as there seemed to be no wrapping up of the storey, leaving one in suspense!
June 5, 2019
Beautiful and poignant
July 27, 2017
I did enjoy this book - the characters and their separate storylines felt very believable and it was well written. However I feel that it went on for slightly too long and the lack of a proper conclusion to all the stories was slightly frustrating.
May 11, 2009
I really enjoyed this absorbing modern family saga. Likable characters, believable plot and engagingly written.
March 28, 2011
Bit of a slow story with no real conclusion.
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July 28, 2011Family story rich and scottish, strange end - left you wanting more, if you were desperate for a read
February 8, 2015
Meh - ok read but nothing memorable.
February 14, 2019
Fortune House
Kirsty Scott
Paperback
Kirsty’s magical pen does it again.
Her second novel is as different from Between You & Me as you can possibly get.
Four generations of the Haldanes are gathering for a family celebration.
It ought to be the perfect reunion, but behind the doors of Fortune House, their family home, life is not as idyllic as it first seems.
Their three daughters, Fiona, Deborah and Vonnie, have brought with them not just husbands and children, but crises and conflicts of their own.
As the holiday unfolds, it starts to become clear that the ties that bind the Haldanes together are in danger of unravelling entirely.
Fortune House has so many echoes of John Harding’s brilliant What We Did on Our Holiday – recently recreated into an hilarious movie starring Rosamund Pike and David Tennant – but it is so much darker and more readable.
And ultimately more enjoyable.
The story is punctuated by memories, loss, long hidden secrets, truth and lies.
It capitalises the word “Dysfunctional”.
The unravelling is mesmerising and the story riveting, as I recognised so many aspects of my own malfunctioning family within these 440 pages.
A moving portrait of a family, which could be yours or mine.
A compelling read and highly recommended.
Kirsty Scott
Paperback
Kirsty’s magical pen does it again.
Her second novel is as different from Between You & Me as you can possibly get.
Four generations of the Haldanes are gathering for a family celebration.
It ought to be the perfect reunion, but behind the doors of Fortune House, their family home, life is not as idyllic as it first seems.
Their three daughters, Fiona, Deborah and Vonnie, have brought with them not just husbands and children, but crises and conflicts of their own.
As the holiday unfolds, it starts to become clear that the ties that bind the Haldanes together are in danger of unravelling entirely.
Fortune House has so many echoes of John Harding’s brilliant What We Did on Our Holiday – recently recreated into an hilarious movie starring Rosamund Pike and David Tennant – but it is so much darker and more readable.
And ultimately more enjoyable.
The story is punctuated by memories, loss, long hidden secrets, truth and lies.
It capitalises the word “Dysfunctional”.
The unravelling is mesmerising and the story riveting, as I recognised so many aspects of my own malfunctioning family within these 440 pages.
A moving portrait of a family, which could be yours or mine.
A compelling read and highly recommended.
Displaying 1 - 9 of 9 reviews